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ELBERT J. ANDREWS, oEQ'i-IARTEOED,,I ooNnEoTreUT, nssiqNoR To THE THORNETYPE sETTrNejMiicI-nNEooMBANY, on JERSEY CITY, NEw

JERSEY.

, -TYPEnsl-:TTIVNG AKNDDISIELBUTING MACHINE.

. SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o.' seale, datedseparater e, 189e.

n f "Applicationmea'septemter 16,1s9s. semina-tsaar?. (remodel.)

To'aZZ 'iohof it may concern.-

. Be ity-,known that I, ELBERT J.,ANDREw,s, ,av citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hartford, countyrofHartford, and State of Con- 5necticut have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TypeSetting and lDis-j tributing Machines, fully described and representedin the following specicationandthe .accompanying drawings, forming aVpart of `the samel- While the improvements are applicable to machinesof lother construction, and to Ina-.

chines employing horizontal channels, and are broadly claimed, they areof special value in connection with the distributing portions ofmachinesv of the class shown and described in United States'LettersPatent Nos. 232,157, 283,934, 372,186, 372,187, and 417,074, in

which the distributing portion consists of two lsuperimposed vcylindershaving vertical typechannels, the type being placed in the channels ofthe rotating upper or distributing cylinder and distributed vertically,under pressure of weight or spring-impelled pushers, pastselecting-wards into the channels of the4 stationary lower or composingcylinder and, the invention consists in part of constructions insuchlamachine.

The especialfobject of the` present invention is to' provide aconstruction by which 4o wear of the lower cylinder and wards by contactof the pushers, when the type in the upper channel are Aexhausted, isprevented, and, further, to provide means for this purpose whichshallalso serve to hold the pushers in the'channel while permitting theirconvenient manipulation for the insertion of y type.

A further object is to provide a construction iny which the wearincident to stopping 5o the pushers shall be limited to parts which Thisinvention relates to type setting and distributing machines, andespecially to machines employing a channel or series of chan- ,nels fromwhich the type are forced out by a weight or spring-impelled pusher intoa receiver orY series of receivers, which may be the composing-case of atype-distributing mal chine, or the composing stick or channel ofcertain classes of type-setting maehines.

are placedloutside of the space to be occupied beJ kept `uniform andsmooth, as is essential for thefree and correct movement of the type.

For a full understanding of the` invention adetailed description ofaconstructionemapplied to av'type setting and distributing machine of thespecial classl above referred to, willr be given in connection withthe'accompanying drawings, showing such partsA -of a machine as arenecessary to illustrate the invention, and the features forming theinventionl then pointed out .in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure is albroken side elevation of a portion of thedistributing and composing cylinders of the machine. is a horizontalsection onftheline V2'of Fig. 1. Fig. 3-is a vertical section on theline 3 of Fig. 2. i

The organization and operation of the parts of the machine infconnectionwith which the construction of the presentinvention is used are fullyset forth in the above-named Letters Patent, and reference is madethereto for a full showing and descriptionof the machine.

In the drawings, A is the distributing-cylinder; B, thecomposing-cylinder, the distributing-cylinder being provided withvertical channels d, in which the lines off type x to be distributedareplaced, and fthe composingcylinder B beingl providedwith channels b,into registry with which channels ct are successively brought by themovement of the cylinder A, the type being nicked on their ing-wards 1,all as in the patents above referred to. Above the lines of type .inthedistributing-channels a are the pushers C, which may be pressed downwardonlyby gravity, but preferably are acted upon by springs c, pressingupont-hetops #of the pushers, the sides of the channels being grooved toreceive and hold the springs in position. The pushers C are provided attheir upper ends with an outward projection 2, extending outside thechannels, and upon the face of the cylinder are secured narrow bars d,forming stops which engage the projections 2 upon the pushers when thelatter have reached the by the. type, so that the type-channels maybodying the same in the preferred form, as 1 Fig. 2

sides and the channels b provided with select- IOO lowest point in theirmovement. As shown in the drawings, these stops d are so located thatthe lower ends of the pushers C never engage the lower cylinder, and theweight of the pushers and pressure of springs c is entirely supported bythe stops d. It will be understood that the type are inserted in thechannels a, in the same manner as described in the patents abovereferred to, by raising the pushers C against the tension of springs cby engagement with the projections 2 and pushing the lines of type intothe channels below the pushers, which are then released, the channelsbeing of such length that a line of type can be introduced below thepusher without raising the lower part of the pusher above the bar d. Itwill be seen that by this construction all wear of the pushers upon thecomposingcylinder and wards is avoided, and all hammering and consequentwear in stopping the pushers is brought upon the bars CZ and outside ofthe space to be occupied by the type, so that this wear affects in noway the channel or any part traversed by the type, and as the stops arerearward of the type-space they interfere in no way with the insertionof the lines of type below them. The bars serve also to hold the pushersback in the channels, thus aiding in holding the lines of type, and theprojections 2 afford a convenient means for raising the pushers toinsert the type, and as the bars are rearward 0f or above the channeltype-space the pushers need not be raised above the bars, so that thereis no danger ofl pulling the bars out of the grooves in raising them,and the groove and rib within the channel usually employed for holdingthe pushers in the channels are not required.

It will be understood that the term rearward, used above and in theclaims to define the position of the stops or bars d, refers to thedirection of movement of the type, these stops or bars being rearward ofor behind the type in all positions of the latter, and consequentlyrearward of that part of the channel which receives the type and formsthe typespace. In the construction shown, in which the stops extend overthe open side or in front of the channels, so as to hold the pushers inthe latter, as is preferable, the pushers have a length greater than thetype movement and projections at their outer ends which engage thestops, so that the latter may be placed rearward of the channeltype-space, and the pushers consist of a single plate ruiming under thestop, so as to be held in the channel thereby and still uncover theentire typespace when withdrawn for loading the type without beingreleased from the stop, but still held in the channel thereby.

It will be understood that type setting and distributing machines havinghorizontal channels are also subject to injurious wear of the pushers onthe receiver, and that the pushers and type are liable to rise out ofthe channels, so that the features of preventing this wear and holdingthe pushers down in the channels are applicable to such machines, forinstance, to machines such as are shown in United States Letters PatentNo. 306,283.

What I claim isl. The combination -with a type-channel and type-pushertherein, and a receiver into which the type pass from the channel, of astop located rearward of the channel type-space and arresting themovement of the pusher in position to prevent contact of the pusher withthe receiver, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a type-channel and type-pusher therein, and areceiver into which the type pass from the channel, of a stop locatedrearward of the channel type-space and arresting the movement of thepusher in position to prevent contact of the pusher with the receiver,and acting to hold the pusher in the channel during its movement,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a series of typechannels and type-pusherstherein, of a series of type-channels receiving type from theiirst-mentioned channels, one of said series of channels moving alongthe other, and stops `located rearward of the channel type-space andarresting the movement of the type-pushers in position to preventcontact of the pushers with the other series of channels, substantiallyas described.

i. The combination with a series of typechannels, of a series oftype-channels receiving type from said first-mentioned channels, one ofsaid series of channels moving along the other, pushers in saidfirst-mentioned channels having a length greater than the type movementand having projections at their outer ends, and stops in front of thechannels and rearward of the type-space engaging the pushers to holdthem in the channels during movement and engaging the projections toarrest the pushers in position to prevent their contact with thereceiving-channels, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a series of typereceiving channelshavingselecting-wards, of a series of type-distributing channels, one ofsaid series oi' channels moving along the other to bring the channelsinto registry successively, pushers C in said type-distributing channelshaving a length greater than the type movement and having projections attheir outer ends, and stops d in front of the channels and rearward ofthe type-space engaging the pushers to hold them in the channels duringmovement and engaging the projections to arrest the pushers in positionto prevent their contact with the receiving-channels, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination with the composingcylinder B having verticaltype-channels b and selecting-wards l, of the distributing-.cylinder Ahaving vertical type-channels c, pushers O in said distributing-channelshaving a length greater than the type movement and having projections attheir upper ends,

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t and stops d above the channel type-space engaging the pnshers to holdthem in the channels during movement and engaging the projections toarrest the pushers in position to 5 prevent their Contact with thereceiving-channels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ELBERT J. ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

K. E. DRESSER, E. F. LINKE.

